Skandapurana 1.4.65.4

1.4.65.4

3 pṛthivīṃ paryaṭato nāradasya narmadātīre bhṛgorāśramaṃ pratyāgamanama, bhṛgave nāradena svoddeśakathanottaraṃ bhṛguṇā nāradāya dānārhapavitrasthānakathanoddeśena mahīsāgarasaṃgamasthastambhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra tīrthatīrasthita prāṃśudevaśarmabrāhmaṇasya vṛttāntaḥ, mahīsāgarasaṃgame svapitṛbhyo darśaśrāddhadānārthaṃ tattīrthatīrasthitasubhadrabrāhmaṇāya nijapuṇyacaturthāṃśapradānam bhṛguproktamahīsāgarasaṃgamasthastaṃbhatīrthamāhātmyaṃ śrutvā nāradasya mahīsāgarasaṃgame sthānakaraṇārthaṃ cintākaraṇam. - 79 2

3. Nārada, wandering the earth, coming to the hermitage of Bhṛgu on the bank of the Narmadā; after Nārada stated his purpose to Bhṛgu, Bhṛgu describing the māhātmya of the Stambhatīrtha situated at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean with the purpose of declaring a holy place worthy for giving gifts; there, the account of the brahmin Prāṃśudevaśarman residing on the bank of the tīrtha; the bestowing of one-fourth of his own merit to the brahmin Subhadra residing on the bank of that tīrtha for the sake of offering the darśa-śrāddha to his ancestors at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean; having heard the māhātmya of the Stambhatīrtha situated at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean spoken by Bhṛgu, Nārada contemplating establishing a place at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean. 79 2